iraTechnical information about ISO 639 language code ira
The table below provides technical details for the Iranian languages language, designated by the ira code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Iranian languages |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Western IranianEastern Iranian |
| Related languages | HindiUrduBengaliPunjabiKati |
| Key facts | Descend from Proto-Iranian spoken roughly 3,000 years agoEarliest written records are in Old Persian and Avestan from the 6th–4th centuries BCEHistorically spread by Scythian, Median and Persian peoples across a vast zone from the Balkans to Western ChinaModern Iranian languages employ diverse scripts including Perso-Arabic, Latin, Cyrillic and GeorgianSeveral extinct Iranian languages such as Sogdian and Bactrian are crucial for reconstructing Silk Road history |
| Sample phrase | سلام، حال شما چطور است؟ |
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The Iranian languages language, identified by the code ira, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.
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